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“You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon

12 reviews

msgslibrary's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

An essential entry text for the current state of fat liberation philosophy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Fatphobia, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Mental illness, Ableism, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Racism, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Classism, Misogyny, Transphobia, Genocide, Xenophobia, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Violence

ferns80's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Misogyny, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, and Ableism

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Sexual harassment

qteabeans's review against another edition

challenging informative fast-paced

4.0

A good primer on anti-fatness and weightism. Gordon cites her sources and ties in other people's work and voices. Clear voice and consistency of messaging. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Body shaming

Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, Classism, Death, Chronic illness, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Bullying, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Transphobia, Sexual harassment, Ableism, and Acephobia/Arophobia

mystic319's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

I think this book is an excellent primer on antifatness, and it was clearly researched thoroughly. It is more detached from Aubrey's usual wit and charm on Matienance Phase, as it hones in on the science quite a bit more than on the personal. I don't think there's anything necessarily wrong with that, but it did make the chapters feel overloaded with a lot of information in a relatively short span of time. I also found some of the information redundant, though that is probably intentional in a book geared towards people who may have no prior exposure to antifatness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, and Ableism

Moderate: Eating disorder, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment

bambooboy's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I don't really have words for how important this book is. 

There are years of works available to us, shouting the dangers of anti-fat bias, the lies we are told; but Aubrey Gordon lays it out, step-by-step, in a way that is accessible and digestible. It solicits empathy in its honesty. Gordon does a great job too of offering other equally important titles of equally important voices on fat people and the history and now of how we treat each other. 

I wish I could shove this into the hands of everyone I meet! I kept reading passages and rereading them and wanting to post them but then realizing I'd be posting the entire chapter because that's how good every single chapter was. 

If you're a fan of Maintenance Phase you'll love this, though be aware that tonally it isn't as silly as her and Michael get together. It's much more serious. And if you're not a fan of Maintenance Phase but like this book, you should check out Gordon's podcast! They dive deep into different health crazes/diet books/health "influencers". They have a great chemistry and it's a good way to both laugh and rage at the machine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Misogyny, Racism, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, and Medical content

Moderate: Chronic illness, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Hate crime, and Sexism

Minor: Sexual assault, Violence, Classism, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Deeper discussion of content warnings below cut.

Gordon speaks in general on many topics that could be triggering, such as the medical malpractice many doctors partake in when they refuse to provide adequate healthcare for their fat patients, the general attitude toward fat people existing, etc.
She also gets into some specific stories about people who were disabled or died due to this malpractice. As a fat person Gordon also talks about all the aggressions, micro and macro, that she experiences or has experienced.

Overall the content is heavy, and I definitely suggest taking it slow, especially if you are someone who has had to deal with these traumatic experiences on the daily.

dillsbookdiary's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

3.75

this book was phenomenal! my main complaint, as someone who read it from beginning to end, is that there were several chapters that had 2-3 pages functionally repeating something said in a previous chapter. however, because this book was explicitly written with the intention of people reading it as separate entries, it didnt bother me that much. just something to note! aubrey did a fantastic job, as per usual, and even as someone who is fairly well versed in body liberation i still learned a ton that i was not previously aware of.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Chronic illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Classism, Violence, Death, Racism, Child abuse, Colonisation, and Terminal illness

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Racism, and Medical content

Moderate: Homophobia, Gaslighting, Death, Transphobia, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Classism, Self harm, Chronic illness, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cursing and Addiction

knit_the_resistance's review against another edition

dark informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

If you haven't listened to Maintenance Phase, you probably should. Everyone should listen to/read this book, it's important. 
However.
If I'm not mistaken, the book is a series of blog posts or essays strung together. Or at least that's how they read. Rarely have I listened to a book that needed editing for continuity more. It is so intensely repetitive --even within the same essay, let alone among chapters, that it was hard to maintain attention at times. 
The author relies on the wire deep and deeply. I found myself counting the repetitions. Frustrating, because I like the podcast.
But the podcast feels like haranguing, and the book feels like the podcast. So. I didn't love it, but it's important. 
One minor comment: the last chapter deals with "fat phobia is the last sanctioned form of discrimination" but goes on to discuss the countless other forms of discrimination in American society. It very pointedly does not mention antisemitism, which I found an interesting oversight. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Racism, Bullying, Medical content, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Ableism, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Transphobia

throwback682's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective

5.0

This book was very informative, with a mixture of peer reviewed research and personal experiences of the author and others. Each myth was discussed in detail and then followed by questions for self reflection and/or concrete suggestions for actions to take in support of fat acceptance. The author does a great job of explaining both the systemic and personal impacts of anti fatness, as well as how it interacts with other systems of oppression such as racism, misogyny, or ableism. As someone who is small fat (US women’s size 18) I feel I learned a lot about how to address fatphobia that is leveled towards me, but also how to be a better ally to those fatter than me. As the author notes, its chapters could easily be read out of order if there are certain myths that appeal (or challenge you) more. This book also contains many suggestions for further reading throughout. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Ableism, Eating disorder, Sexism, Bullying, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Cancer, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Death, Deportation, Terminal illness, Classism, Colonisation, Murder, and Acephobia/Arophobia

ally_alert's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Eating disorder

Minor: Rape, Sexism, Hate crime, Ableism, Transphobia, Sexual harassment, Classism, and Racism